On Tuesday night, January 30, the Whitewater Wrestling Team closed out their regular season as they hosted the Cougars of Janesville Craig in a non-conference wrestling meet. Historically this has been a very well wrestled competitive dual meet for both teams as they gear up for their respective Conference Tournaments this coming Saturday. Tuesday proved to be no different.

Whitewater wrestled very well but came up just short on the night, dropping the dual meet 32-33. The team finished the regular season with an 8-3 record, dropping their last two dual meets each by 1 point! The team finished undefeated in the Rock Valley “Valley Division” at 4-0.

Coming away with wins for the Whippets against Craig included pins by Rylan Oldenburg (106), JJ Gonzalez (157), and Junior Soto (HWT). Winning by 8 points and earning a major decision for the team included Connor Friend (132) and Odair Porras (150). Coming away with forfeit on the night was Sebastian Cuellar at 165. 

Although the team dropped the meet, the coaching staff was pleased with the performance of all. Even in losses the wrestlers competed and left it on the mat each and every match, and that is all that the coaches can ask for.

Next up for the Whippets the JV team will travel to Delavan-Darien to participate in the JV Conference Wrestling Tournament. Wrestling starts on Friday night at 4:00. The varsity team will then travel to Delavan-Darien to participate in the Rock Valley Conference Tournament on Saturday. Wrestling will begin at 10:00.

Article and Photos Submitted by John Schimming
Whitewater High School Head Wrestling Coach
jschimming@wwusd.org

The Whippet Swimmers took on Beloit Memorial for their last dual meet of the season on Thursday, January 25th! They swam fast on the night, registering 19 of 25 best times and many sitting right on their season bests. 

These times include: 

The 200 Medley Relay (Wyatt Esch, David Enns, Miles Nickelsburg, and Onyx Thompson) with a time of 2:15.26. 

200 Freestyle:

David Enns competed in this event for the first time this season and went a time of 2:45.96.

Myles Morse dropped 5 seconds going a time of 2:08.26

200 IM: 

Cruz Aranda dropped 7 seconds by going a time of 2:15.62. He is now 7th on the Whippet Top 10 List!

Miles Nickelsburg also dropped 7 seconds by going a time of 2:37.01

50 Freestyle:

Langdon Coburn went a time of 25.56

Wyatt Esch went a time of 27.40 

Isaac Straight went a time of 41.62

100 Butterfly:

Jack Hefty dropped over 3 seconds by going a time of 1:04.19

100 Freestyle:

Cruz Aranda went a 55.20

Angel Kilar went a 1:18.13

500 Freestyle: 

Myles Morse went a time of 5:43.06 

Wyatt Esch dropped 15 seconds by going a time of 6:42.08

Shout out to the 200 Freestyle Relay (Jack Hefty, Cruz Aranda, Myles Morse, and Langdon Coburn) who placed first overall! 

100 Backstroke:

Miles Nickelsburg dropped 4 seconds by going a time of 1:10.33

Angel Kilar dropped 5 seconds by going a time of 1:42.59

400 Freestyle Relay: 

Cruz Aranda, Langdon Coburn, Myles Morse, and Jack Hefty went a time of 3:52.49

The Whippets are ready for Championship season as we host Conference on Saturday, February 3. We hope to see the pool packed with Whippet fans! 

Article and Photo Submitted by Sarah Reynolds
Whitewater High School Head Swim Coach
sreynolds@wwusd.org

By Angela Kelm
Asst. Athletic Director for Sports Informatin

The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater men’s track and field team finished second of eleven teams in the annual Leonard “Squig” Converse Invitational in Whitewater Friday. Shelvin Garrett II led the Warhawks with a program record in the triple jump – a mark that is also the best in Division III so far this season. 

The meet is split into two days of competition with the men competing Friday and the women on Saturday.  UW-La Crosse won the men’s meet with a total of 180 followed by UWW with 119. UW-Stevens Point captured third with a score of 76.5 followed by MSOE (69), Carthage (56), St. Norbert (30.5), Wisconsin Lutheran (20), Elmhurst (15, Augustana (6), Concordia Wisconsin (6) and North Central (5). 

Garrett II registered a career-best to win the triple jump Friday. His mark of 15.41 meters (50-6.75) broke the over 10-year-old program record by over two inches and is the best mark in Division III so far this season. Garrett II added a second-place finish in the long jump. He tallied another career-best with a mark of 7.15 meters (23-5.50).

Myles Anderson claimed gold in the fastest event of the evening – the 60-meter dash. He edged the competition with a career-best 6.85 while teammate Issac Stanger finished seventh with a clocking of 7.11. Kobe Chandler added first place points to the team total with a time of 50.16 to lead a three-Warhawk contingent in the top eight in the event. 

Gunner Schlender posted a five-second career-best to win the 3,000 with a time of 8:13.59. Christian Patzka was less than a tenth of a second back for silver. 

Marlon Cystrunk and Tamir Thomas finished back-to-back in the 60-meter hurdles with times of 8.39 and 8.43 respectively. Chandler and Anderson followed suit in the 200 with matching times of 22.54. Chandler got the nod for third place by just .002. 

In the final event of the day, UWW’s Drew Davey, Colin Lewandowski, Rhett Reuter and Justin Krause combined for a time of 3:32.88 – good for fourth in the 4×400 meter relay. 

After the first four events of the men’s heptathlon, Jack McGinn holds second with 2442 points. Ben Bunton is fourth with a total of 2420. The heptathlon will conclude with the 60-meter hurdles, pole vault and 1000-meter Saturday.

Additional Top 8 Finishers: Ben Bojar (6th – 200); Chris Kalies (7th – 200, 5th – 400); Andy VanZile (8th – 200); Brad Heller (6th – 400); Reuter (4th – 800); Krause (5th – 800); Dan Anderson (8th – 3000); Josh Krystosek (4th – high jump); Jared Sudbrink (6th – high jump); Spencer Steffen (7th – high jump); Brady Schaller (6th – pole vault)